Booker, Panhandle place in State UIL Marching Band finals

Booker, in its first state marching band appearance since 1985, earned fifth place in the Class 1A University Interscholastic League State Marching Band Championships at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Monday.

Panhandle High School earned the right to perform in the Class 2A finals Tuesday after preliminary competition Monday evening and finished sixth.

White Deer’s band also advanced to state competition but finished 13th in the preliminaries and did not advance to the finals.